Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, faced pointed questions from Republican and Democratic senators at his confirmation hearing.
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The New York City Bar Association Monday urged the U.S. Senate to vote down Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the attorney general opening left by his April firing of former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying its members have no faith in Blanche’s ability to lead an ethical an…
Blanche is scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and would replace former Attorney General Pam Bondi if confirmed.
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — More than three years ago, President Donald Trump turned to New York defense attorney Todd Blanche to step into a legal firestorm that threatened multiple criminal convictions and could cost Trump’s business hundreds of millions of dollars.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to consider his official nomination to a post he has held since April. President Donald Trump fired Blanche’s predecessor, Pam Bondi, in April and appointed Blanche in the i…
Trump’s former personal attorney has a vast slate of conflicts of interest. Will lawmakers do their job in his confirmation hearings? Todd Blanche is the most conflicted nominee for attorney general the US Congress has yet to encounter.
Judges, lawyers and sexual abuse survivors have raised very strong reasons why it would be reckless and unconscionable for the Senate to confirm Todd Blanche to the post of Attorney General of the United States.
Todd Blanche is heading into a high-stakes test this week in his bid to become attorney general. Key Republicans are still undecided about whether to back his nomination. Blanche will need the support of all GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee in order to advance his nomination to lead t…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants every Republican senator to confirm Todd Blanche as United States attorney general ahead of his confirmation hearings this week. Blanche, who is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and Thursday, has already faced pushback f…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appear Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to take over the role on a permanent basis.
Blanche will need the support of all GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee in order to advance his nomination to lead the Justice Department.
Donald Trump has resorted to begging the Senate to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially run the Justice Department. In a lengthy Truth Social post Tuesday, the president claimed that Blanche was responsible for the lowest murder rates in 125 years, yet that arrests for violent …
President Trump on Tuesday mounted a full-throttled defense of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s leadership ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing, where he will likely face tough questions on his time helming the Justice Department.
Blanche is heading into a high-stakes test this week in his bid to become attorney general, with key Republicans still undecided about whether to back his nomination.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will sit before a Senate panel for his hearing to be confirmed in that role permanently. It comes after he's been involved in a number of high-profile, controversial decisions, including investigations, indictments and the rollout of the Epstein files.
Blanche won Senate confirmation early in President Trump's second term to serve as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department. Now he faces a contentious hearing as he seeks the top job.
